RC (MoSHi); endorsed. Noted in SJL as received 6 May 1786. The Présent Bien Précieux that TJ gave to Malesherbes included part, perhaps all, of the seventeen kinds of American shrubs and trees that he had purchased on 24 Apr. 1786 from James Lee & Co. near London for £4 15s., consisting of sixty-nine specimens (MS invoice, “Mr. Jefferson Bought of James Lee & Co.,” 24 Apr. 1786, in U. S. Dept. of Agriculture). If this gift was accompanied by a letter from TJ, it has not been found.

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